WTO members can’t agree on ag, fisheries talks chairs

World Trade Organization members cannot agree on who will lead negotiations on agriculture and fisheries subsidies even though many countries insist those issues are among their top priorities. The naming of chairs for the two negotiations is considered critical for any progress to be made, as members themselves argued during two recent retreats aimed at brainstorming paths forward in the agriculture and fisheries subsidies talks . But during an informal General Council meeting on Tuesday, the chair told members that...